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When the carriage reached the gate of Xie's mansion, Xie Hui and his son had been waiting for a long time.

"aunt!"

Seeing Xie Jin being led off the carriage, Xie Zhuoyou was about to rush towards him, but Xie Hui quickly grabbed him by the collar.

Jiang Zhao and Xie Jin stood side by side, and they still held hands. Xie Hui was afraid that his son would bump into His Majesty recklessly, so he quickly restrained his excitement, and made him kneel down and kowtow to Jiang Zhao.

"Forget it." Jiang Zhao stuffed a small and exquisite copper-colored hand stove into Xie Jin's arms, let go of her hand, walked to Xie Zhuoyou, bent slightly and looked at him, "Are you Yuer?" ?”

Xie Zhuoyou didn't recognize her, nodded a little shyly, and asked, "Who are you?"

Jiang Zhao raised his eyebrows, reached out and touched his little head, and said with a light smile, "Just call me aunt."

"Aunt?" Xie Zhuoyou tilted his head and looked at his father suspiciously, "But didn't dad say that there is only one younger sister? How could Yuer have an extra aunt?"

Xie Hui twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing how to explain it.

It was Xie Jinlai who came to rescue him, walked over and took Xie Zhuoyou's little hand, and said in a warm voice: "If you have something to say, let's talk about it after we enter the house, it's freezing cold, brother doesn't plan to just let us hang here, does he?

"Ah, what Jinniang said is right, let's go first." Xie Hui didn't dare to look directly at Jiang Zhao, and turned sideways to make way.

Xie Jin led Xie Zhuoyou to the front, Jiang Zhao took half a step back, Xie Hui followed behind, explaining: "Father has gone out, my wife is about to give birth and is inconvenient, mother is staying with her in the room, so I can't Let’s come out together to pick you up, and please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

Jiang Zhao glanced back at him, and said lightly: "It's okay, there are my family members on the left and right."

Xie Hui lowered his eyes, pretending not to understand what she meant.

They went to the main hall, Xie Hui asked his servants to bring hot tea, and the first cup was naturally given to Jiang Zhao.

Jiang Zhao just passed his hand, turned around and handed it to Xie Jin, and said softly, "Have a cup of tea to warm up your body. You are afraid of the cold, so don't catch the wind when you come out. My aunt will miss you again when I go back."

Xie Jin was also not polite to her, and put the stove aside for the time being, and warmed his hands with a cup of tea instead.

Seeing that they behaved intimately and got along naturally, Xie Hui felt a little uncomfortable on the contrary, and handed tea to Jiang Zhao again, looked at the toes with a low eyebrow, and said: "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to ask father to come back." home."

"I'm just going home with Jinniang to take a look today. There's no official business, so you don't have to be too cautious."

Jiang Zhao took a sip of hot tea, held the teacup to warm his hands, looked up at Xie Hui who was standing on the side, and raised his chin at him, "This is at your house, you can do it yourself. As for Mr. Xie, He is busy with affairs, and he is also busy for me, there is really no need to bother him, otherwise it will appear that I am ignorant, what do you think?"

Xie Hui didn't dare to say anything, he could only say yes.

Compared with Xie Hui, who is strict and stern, the young and ignorant Xie Zhuoyou is much more relaxed. He still doesn't know the dignity and inferiority. I am not afraid of her anymore.

In Xie Zhuoyou's heart, the word "aunt" symbolizes closeness. It is the same for Xie Jin, and it is also the same for Jiang Zhao. The question of how to have an extra aunt has long been thrown away.

"You'er is older than Anle, and she can be enlightened. Why don't you go to the Wenxuan Hall to take classes, and I can see you more."

Jiang Zhao held the teacup and looked at Xie Jin teasing his nephew, and suddenly came up with such an idea, and discussed with Xie Jin, "Children learn to play together and grow up together, so that they will have a good relationship in the future, and they can be regarded as brothers and sisters." .”

"Brothers and sisters?" Xie Jin looked up at her, and asked back: "They are called brothers and sisters, can Yu'er still call you aunt?"

Jiang Zhao didn't take these messy seniority relationships seriously, "It's not a problem, it's all different, Jiang Han still calls you master, do I have to descend to a generation in front of you?"

As she said, she put down the steaming teacup in her hand, and hooked her fingers at Xie Zhuoyou.

Xie Zhuoyou walked in front of her with short legs, she stretched out her hand and pinched the corner of the head, and asked him softly: "Would you like to go to school in the palace? Then someone will play with you, and you can still play with you." See you every day, aunt."

"Okay." The child didn't know what was meant between the words. Hearing that someone would play with him and see his close aunt, he immediately nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "You'er is going to school."

Xie Jin looked at Jiang Zhao lying to the children, and said helplessly: "He hasn't started yet, and his literacy is not as good as that of A Yuan. The children in the Wenxuan Palace are generally older, and he couldn't keep up with the progress in the past. He wants to be with A Yuan. I'm crying."

"Those children are just reading with them, and their families will naturally arrange everything. You don't think they go to the Wenxuan Hall to learn Chinese characters, do you?" Jiang Zhao looked at Xie Jin with an inscrutable smile on his face, "You Just be responsible for teaching An Le and You Er well, and the rest is Han Xuan's work, so you don't need to worry too much."

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Xie Hui again, without any intention of discussing with him, and said directly: "With Jinniang taking it, I think your whole family can rest assured, then from tomorrow onwards, I will send You'er into the palace Let's go to school."

Xie Hui didn't respond immediately, and said with some hesitation: "But the students of the Wenxuan Palace are all members of the clan and royal family. How can You'er be a classmate with them? If this gets out, I'm afraid it will be..."

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Jiang Zhao interrupted him, casually said: "With me here, who dares to say anything?"

Xie Hui bowed his head and said nothing, Xie Jin pursed his lips and smiled, walked up to him and whispered something in his ear, Xie Hui suddenly raised his head to look at her, saw her bright eyes, and winked at him mischievously.

"Wei Chen understands." Xie Hui sighed lightly, and accepted Jiang Zhao's arrangement for Xie Zhuoyou.

Since it was almost noon, Jiang Zhao and Xie Jin must have stayed at Xie's house for lunch, so Xie Hui went to the kitchen to watch in person, and asked Xie Jin to visit his mother and sister-in-law, and Jiang Zhao naturally followed.

I don't know if it's an illusion, or because of his guilty conscience, Jiang Zhao always feels that Mrs. Xie and Xie Hui's wife Ning Yun look at him in the wrong way, especially Mrs. Xie, who always hesitates to speak, and is quite helpless look.

Jiang Zhao attributed this to the fact that they knew about Xie Jin's relationship with him, and wanted to object but cared about their status, but in his heart he disliked him, and maybe they would put pressure on Xie Jin to break them up soon.

Maybe it was after Xie Yu came back?

The more Jiang Zhao thought about it, the tighter his brows were furrowed, and he didn't even notice what the women of Xie's family were talking about.

Ning Yun is heavy, sitting on the head of the bed to rest, Mrs. Xie and Xie Jin are accompanying her, Jiang Zhao feels that she is redundant, after a few words with them, she sits away consciously and plays with Xie Zhuoyou with some wooden figures.

"Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood, did you provoke her?"

Mrs. Xie took a look at Jiang Zhao from a distance, and saw that her brows were tightly furrowed. Although she was staring at Xie Zhuoyou, she was obviously distracted.

Hearing her mother's question, Xie Jin couldn't help chuckling, and said in a low voice: "I didn't provoke her, probably because I was afraid that my father would ask her for a daughter after he came back."

Ning Yun touched her chubby belly and saw that both of them were talking in low voices, so she followed suit and asked Xie Jin in a low voice: "Jin Niang, since you have already convinced Father, why didn't you tell His Majesty the truth and let her stay in the house?" Are you frightened here?"

Xie Jin raised her eyebrows, and wrote lightly: "Since she likes to hide things and doesn't want to tell me anything, I'll let her taste what it's like to be kept secret. It's best to wait for daddy to come back and then dump her a few more times." Show her a face."

"That is Your Majesty after all, not an ordinary daughter's family. Don't be arrogant." Mrs. Xie showed disapproval, took Xie Jin's hand, and said meaningfully: "Since you have made up your mind, you can also persuade Even if you lose your father, mother will not insist on objecting.

But Jinniang, Your Majesty is still young and unstable. No one can guarantee how long she will treat you well. You are no longer a child. The years of wind and rain have urged you to grow up. You still have to think about the long-term. "

"Don't worry, Auntie, I understand what you said, and I know how to get along with her." Xie Jin stretched out his hand and patted the back of his mother's hand to comfort her, and then reassured her.

She knew that her mother was worried about her future, and she didn't want to instill Jiang Zhao's determination to treat her well. After all, it was not humane for others to talk about feelings.

There are some preferences and long-term, it is enough for her to understand.

After talking for a while, someone from the front yard came to report that the master had returned home.

Jiang Zhao stood up suddenly, causing Xie Jin to look back at her, and asked, "What's the matter? Do you want to wait here for Daddy to come to see you, or go to the front hall to meet him?"

"Of course I'm going to see him, how can there be any reason to bother the elders?"

Jiang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, his expression didn't fluctuate, but his hands hidden under his sleeves were quietly clenched into fists.

She was ready to be reprimanded by Xie Yuzhe, after all, in her heart, she, Taishan, was much more difficult to deal with than the Zhao family, and the methods she used against Lu Cangyu were all in Xie Yuzhe's place. It also doesn't work at all.

But unexpectedly, when Xie Yuzhe saw her appearing with Xie Jin, he didn't show any special attitude, as if the gossip in the capital city hadn't caught his ears at all.

He even served her dishes at lunch time.

Jiang Zhao was a little flattered, and felt uneasy after the meal. After the meal, Xie Yuzhe invited her to talk in the study. She looked at Xie Jin with reluctance written all over her eyes, hoping that Xie Jin could find a way to save her.

In the end, not only did Xie Jin not intend to speak for her, but he also directly pretended not to understand her hints, and took Xie Zhuoyou directly to the street. Jiang Zhao wanted to stop him but couldn't find an excuse, so he had to ask Yuan Xiang to follow her. go up.

"I didn't want to talk about official business today. Is there something important that Xie Qing wants to discuss with me?"

Jiang Zhao was sitting, Xie Yuzhe was standing, she slightly raised her head to look at the solemn old man in front of her, couldn't help but move her body, straightened her back, waiting to accept the unknown trial.

However, Xie Yuzhe neither tried to persuade her earnestly, nor had the urge to yell at her. He just walked to the desk, picked up a letterless envelope from it, turned around and handed it to Jiang Zhao.

"What is this?" Jiang Zhao glanced down, but did not dare to answer it, fearing that it was a document to resign from office.

Xie Yuzhe said: "This is what Jinniang wrote to me in exchange for eighteen letters. I have to hand it over to His Majesty. Is Your Majesty sure you don't want to open it and have a look?"

Jiang Zhao's eyelashes trembled, he pursed his lips and took the envelope, but did not open it immediately.

Jiang Zhao didn't know about Xie Jin's failure to leave the palace but wrote a letter home.

After thinking about it for a while, she knew that it must be the letter that Yuan Xiang helped to deliver, and she didn't feel any displeasure about it, but was a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, she hid and tucked away, for fear of being disturbed by Xie Jin's knowledge, but it turned out that Xie Jin knew about it a long time ago, and he was just cooperating with her in acting, Jiang Zhao didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

She looked down at the envelope in her hand, and tried to guess, but she couldn't find the way out, let alone guess what Xie Jin could get from Xie Yuzhe with eighteen letters.

Could it be that he let go and handed his daughter over to her?

With a thought in his heart, Jiang Zhao opened the envelope and took out the letter inside, and read it eagerly.

The first two words directly fixed her eyes.

marriage certificate.

The author has something to say:

When I write about empresses in the future, I must write one that is so cool and flirtatious, I will beat anyone who doesn't like me, and I will never feel useless.